A program that focuses on the scientific study of poisons and other biohazards; their interactions with organisms and their food and respiratory systems; and their prevention, management, and counteraction. Includes instruction in toxicological biochemistry, toxic agents and transporters, toxin fate, toxicokinetics and metabolism, toxin classification, molecular toxic mechanisms, extracellular matrices and cell function, bacterial pathogenesis and mutagenesis, pathophysiology and apoptosis, cell stress and injury, studies of specific toxins, and studies of specific organ systems and physiological functions in relation to toxicological problems

Colleges and Universities

SAGE Scholars Member Schools that offer Pharmacology and Toxicology and related majors.

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Careers

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Biological Scientists, All Other Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Natural Sciences Managers